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Forfar Athletic can bring Clyde back down to earth with a win at home in Ladbrokes League One.

Danny Lennon's side defeated title favourites Falkirk 1-0 last week and rightly took plenty of plaudits but it will be tough for them to come away from Station Park with anything.

The last time Forfar lost a league game at home was December 2018 and they are rightly proud of that record.

This season they have already beaten Ladbrokes Premiership side St Johnstone on their own patch and narrowly lost to Livingston there.

Last week, Forfar lost their 100 per cent winning start to the league season with a defeat at Peterhead, but they have a poor record at that venue.

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With Ross Forbes and Dale Hilson pulling the strings, Jim Weir's side could have too much for the promoted Cumbernauld outfit.

Motherwell can increase the pressure on Paul Heckingbottom and Hibernian with a win at Fir Park.

The former Barnsley boss's stock has slumped dramatically down Leith way following a catastrophic 6-1 thumping at Rangers and a poor start to the season.

Hibs look disjointed and over-reliant on midfielder Scott Allan and Heckingbottom's ill-advised bleat last week at his own fans for booing his substitution of Allan looks as though it could signal the beginning of the end for the manager.

Motherwell's young team suffer from inconsistency but they can expect to get plenty of chances against a leaky Hibs defence and look a fair price to take the three points in Lanarkshire.

Dunfermline can get back to winning ways by beating Arbroath at their Gayfield home.

Dick Campbell's promoted side have enjoyed a decent start to life in the Ladbrokes Championship after a win at Alloa last week, which followed a defeat in Inverness and a draw against Queen of the South.

Dunfermline were poor last week at home to Dundee United but that is no disgrace and they took Celtic to extra-time at Parkhead in the Betfred Cup. Stevie Crawford has shown signs of getting a tune out of them.

With Kevin Nisbet aiming to add to his tally of six goals and Ryan Dow supporting him from midfield, the Pars should have enough to reach the playoffs this season. In order to do that, they must go to places like Arbroath and win.

Recommendations
Forfar
2pts 19-20 Betfair
Motherwell
1pt 31-20 Betfair, Coral, Ladbrokes
Dunfermline
1pt 6-4 Betway

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